Buffet for housekeeping



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A. L. DEY

BUFFET FOR HOUSEKEEPING.

Patented June 5, 1888.

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BUFFET FOR HOUSEKEEPI'NG. No. 883,871. .Patented June 5, 1888.

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UNITED STATES ANNA LOUISA DEY, OF NEW YORK, N.

BUFFET FOR HOUSEKEEPING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,871, dated June 5,1888. Application filed February 5, 1887. Serial No. 226,615. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNA LOUISA DEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buffets for Housekeeping, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement of what I term a buffet for housekeeping, and which will combine a re frigerator, table, larder, drawers, and compartments for provisions, table-linen, cookingstove and utensils, and other articles pertaining to light housekeeping, the whole forming a single article of furniture of a portable and ornamental character.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional front elevation of a buffet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a 'sectional side elevation takenon the line ox, Fig. i. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken on the line g y, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the buffet.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A, B, O, and D designate sections composing the buffet, which may be constructed of wood and in any suitable manner. The upper sections are held in place by means of an ornamental cornice or cap, E, having a recess on its under side, into which the said sections loosely enter. These sections may be secured to the bottom section, D, by means of hooks F, attached to the latter, and entering eyes F, attached to the sections A and 0. Each of these sect-ions is provided with one or more doors having panels and moldings or other ornamental finish on its exterior side, and having also knobs working any ordinary fastening device, or having simply key locks and opened by a key.

The section A contains two compartments, the lower one of which is provided with drawers a, suitable for provisions. The upper compartment contains a drawer and receptacle for useful articles. The drawers a may slide on cleats a, secured to the sides of the section, and one of them may be proaided with a metallic lining and serve for dish-washing.

The section B contains two compartments, each provided with folding doors. Thelower compartment is arranged to receive a gas, oil,

or other stove, G, suitable for cooking, and which rests on a metallic plate, 12, secured at the bottom part of the section. A pipe,G, of rubber or other suitable material, leads from the stove to the exterior of the buffet, and con nects with a gas-nipple or other source of supply.

H is a hood secured to the back and serves to carry off steam or smoke through a pipe connecting with an aperture, Z), and leading to a window or other outlet. 6 I) are shelves having their central portion made narrow to admit of cooking utensils being used on the stove. The upper compartment contains a shelf, and is intended to receive glassware.

In lieu of the folding doors on thelower compartment of section B, I may use a single door having a mirror arranged on its exterior.

The section 0 contains two compartments, each provided with a door. The upper compartment contains a drawer and receptacle for articles, and the lower compartment is provided with hooks to hang cooking utensils.

The section D contains a refrigerator divided into compartments by a perforated metal shelf, d, and partition d, containing openings to ad mit ofa free circulation of air, as indicated by the arrows.

d is an ice box or tray communicating by a pipe, 01'', with a filter, d2 having atank, d arranged below it. The tank (1 is provided with a faucet, d, and a sunk port-ion, d, of the re- .frigerator admits ofdrawing offthe water. By

this arrangement the water from the ice is utilized for drinking or other purposes.

A pump may be placed within the lower compartment ofsection C- and communicate by a pipe to the tank (1 if desirable.

The upper portion of section D contains a receptacle for a table, I, which may be of the extension form. This table is provided on its front edge with a molding, I,ofsuffieientsize to cover the vertical space required for the extensionbars I".

I I are pilasters or legs provided with casters, secured to the outer corners of the table to afford support for the latter when drawn out. An extraleaf for the table may be kept, when not in use, in the space between the floor and under side of section D,which has rails or cleats I secured thereto for this purpose.

J J are drawers having their front edges provided with a molding, J, to correspond in height and appearance to that of the table. These drawers are intended to receive napkins and other table-linen. K K are pilasters secured to the front of section D to correspond with those connected to the table 1.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a buffet for housekeeping,substantially as described, a refrigerator divided into compartments by a vertical partition having an aperture near the top and another aperture near the bottom,and bya horizontal perforated metallic shelf on each side of said partition, one ofthe upper compartments having secured therein an ice-tray connected by a pipe with a filter communicating with a tank arranged beneath it, and the. floor of the refrigerator in front of the tank being sunk to form a recess to admit of a cup or other receptacle being placed and withdrawn from under a faucet connected to the tank and inclosed by the doors of said refrigerator, whereby the water from the ice is filtered, collected, and utilized for drinking or other purpose.

2. In a buffet for housekeeping,as described, the section B, provided with a supplemental metallic bottom secured to cleats attached to said section to support a cookingstove, and a hood adapted to conduct vapors from said stove through an opening in the back of the section to the exterior thereof.

ANNA LOUISA DEY.

Witnesses:

Gno. WADMAN, HARRY E. DEY. 

